Manny Ramirez left tonight's Dodger game in the first inning with right calf tightness. We don't know yet if it's serious enough to send him back to the disabled list, but if it is, the Dodgers face an interesting roster quandary.
With Reed Johnson already on the disabled list, the Dodgers have only one other outfielder on the 40-man roster: 22-year-old AA outfielder Trayvon Robinson. For that matter, the only other available infielder on the 40-man that's healthy is 23-year-old Ivan DeJesus, Jr. They could activate Brad Ausmus and carry three catchers, or they could purchase the contract of someone like Jay Gibbons or John Lindsey.
Hopefully, Ramirez will only be out a short time.
With Reed Johnson already on the disabled list, the Dodgers have only one other outfielder on the 40-man roster: 22-year-old AA outfielder Trayvon Robinson. For that matter, the only other available infielder on the 40-man that's healthy is 23-year-old Ivan DeJesus, Jr. They could activate Brad Ausmus and carry three catchers, or they could purchase the contract of someone like Jay Gibbons or John Lindsey.
Hopefully, Ramirez will only be out a short time.
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A native of Los Angeles, Jon Weisman has been writing about the Dodgers at Dodger Thoughts since 2002 and thinking deeply about them since the 1970s. He is the author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, published in 2009. Weisman began covering sports professionally in 1985, complemented by adventures in writing for and about the screen that have culminated in his current position as a features editor at Variety. Any downtime he can muster will be happily spent with his wife and three young children.
TEAM LEADERS
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Matt Kemp
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | M. Kemp | 12 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Ethier | 40 | ||||||||||
| R | M. Kemp | 29 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Kemp | 1.173 | ||||||||||
| W | C. Capuano | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | C. Kershaw | 1.90 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Kershaw | 51 | ||||||||||
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